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FailCraft
FailCraft is a podcast about the messy, real side of success. Host Ezekiel Iferia dives into the stories of creators, founders, and everyday people who turned setbacks into stepping stones. From failed ideas to reborn dreams, each episode uncovers how failure shapes mastery — and why learning to fall is part of learning to fly.
Episodes
- FailCraft
Navigating Executive Clarity & Resilience After Disruption - Savio P. Clemente
Whathappens to a high-performing executive or leader when a major disruption ends,the adrenaline fades, but the heavy pressure to perform remains? SavioP…
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From $1M Business CEO to Special Needs Mom & Author - Jessica Danel
Whatdo you do when you've built a million-dollar preschool empire from your livingroom, only for your newborn daughter’s medical crisis to force a choice…
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Starting Over at 53: Escaping the Generosity Paradox & Network Illusion - Andrew Brummer
Whatdo you do when a decade-long career investment evaporates at age 53, leavingyou as an immigrant without a college degree, facing professional irrelevance?…
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Moving from Force to Flow: The Orbits of Consciousness - Richard Smith
Whatdo you do when every attempt to control your life, fix your flaws, or forceprogress eventually ends in internal collapse and regression? RichardN. Smith is…
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Riding 50,000 Miles "The Wrong Way" Across Africa & South America - Chris Donaldson
Whatdo you do when political revolution blocks your 10,000-mile motorcycle routefrom war-torn Belfast to Australia, forcing you to ride 50,000 miles in…
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Escaping the 30-Year "Tech Sales Money Trap" & Career Readiness - Mike Wysocki
Whatdo you do when you spend 30 years in tech sales making great money, only torealize that you derived zero joy from your career because you chased apaycheck…
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Why Corporate Transformations Fail & How to Lead Broken Teams - Ken Merritt
Whatdoes it take to rebuild trust and culture when you inherit a team that iscompletely broken, burned out, and working 12-hour days in a "darkbasement"?…
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The Hidden Fees Draining Your Business & How to Stop Payment Leakage - Joe Zahaitis
Whatif your business is losing thousands of dollars every month to hidden fees,complex merchant statements, and pricing traps that even CFOs fail to catch?…
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From Cancer Warrior & Furlough to $500K Agency Empire - Rachel Minion
Whatdo you do when you are hit with every major life challenge all at once—battlinga rare cancer diagnosis, managing severe chronic illness, and…
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Tales From the Crypt Writer on Hollywood Collapses & Podcasting - Alan Katz
Whathappens when you write and oversee more than 70 episodes of HBO's iconic Tales from the Crypt, only to have your career derailduring a disastrous movie…
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Using "The Anime Mindset" to Rebuild After Loss & Trauma - Master Sgt. Michael Yearby
Whatif your hardest life setbacks, heartbreaks, and defeats aren't the end of yourstory—but simply the training arc before your ultimate level-up?…
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From Courtroom Battles to Work-Life Harmony - Arlene Cohen Miller
Whathappens when an AV-rated corporate attorney, law firm partner, and businessowner realizes that winning in the courtroom isn't enough to prevent…
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Combat Sports Mindset Meets Boardroom Strategy - Coach Jake Shannon
Whatif the exact physical and mental principles that allow a wrestler to control anopponent on the mat—leverage, position, pressure, and systems—are the…
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Why Medicine Alone Can’t Fix Insomnia: Science & Faith - Dr. Benjamin Long
Whatif your late-night insomnia and inability to rest aren't just medicalissues—but a spiritual struggle to surrender control in a hyper-connectedworld?…
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Rebuilding a $4M Real Estate Empire After Stroke & Life Implosion - Trevor Schade
Whathappens when you survive a season of total life implosion—facing divorce,near-bankruptcy, and a paralyzing stroke—only to rebuild a $4 million realestate…
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From Broken Soccer Dreams in Naples to a Real Estate Empire - Dr. Jacopo Iasiello
Whathappens when a career-ending injury shatters your dream of becoming aprofessional soccer player at age 17—forcing an identity crisis before you areeven old…
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How to Backward Design Your Child’s Life Trajectory - Nathaniel A. Turner
Whatif the most important engineering project of your life isn’t your career—butthe human being you are raising? NathanielA. Turner is a speaker, author…
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From London Finance to Kundalini Awakening in China - Natali Deftereos
Whathappens when you leave a predictable corporate finance career in London topioneer a fashion business in Shanghai—only to experience a spontaneousKundalini…
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From 250 lbs to Island Fitness Expert: Overcoming the Yo-Yo Diet Trap - Coach Allan Misner
Whatdoes it take to break an 8-year cycle of losing weight only to gain it back,and completely transform your health after 40? AllanMisner is a NASM Certified…
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Scaling from $3M to $125M: Engineering Mindsets & Financial Wisdom - Tony Bradshaw
Whatdoes it take to pivot from mechanical engineering into business leadership andoversee digital transformations that scale a company from $3 million to…
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Why High Performers Crash & How to Stop Building a Life You Hate - Michael Ian Cedar
Whatdo you do when you reach the top of your career, hit every milestone, andrealize you are exhausted and trapped in a life you secretly want to escapefrom?…
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Surviving Medical Gaslighting & Post-Concussion Syndrome - Davis Bain
Whatdo you do when a sudden injury during your senior year of college completelyderails your path as an engineering student and Air Force ROTC cadet—leavingyou…
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The Biology of Loss: A Yale Scientist’s Journey Through Child Loss & Addiction - Katie Rizzo
Whathappens when an educator trained in anatomy and biology loses her first-bornson to opioid addiction, discovering that grief physically mirrors the…
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Why Traditional Marketing Fails Professionals & How to Automate Trust - Andrew Colsky
Whatif pushing your resume, credentials, and degrees online is the exact reasonpotential clients keep passing you over for competitors? AndrewColsky is the…
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The Unspoken Truth About Outliving Both Parents Before 30 - Robert DelFave
Whatdo you do when you lose your father at 14 and your mother in your mid-twenties,leaving you completely unparented without a roadmap for life? RobertDelFave…
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Why C-Suite Burnout Is a System Problem, Not a Personal Failure - Oksana Lukash
Whathappens when you spend 20 years leading people strategy through hyper-growth, brutalcorporate layoffs, and executive crises—only to hit a wall of severe…
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When "Pushing Through" Destroys You: A Silicon Valley CEO’s Story - Nancy Deyo
Whathappens when the exact traits that made you successful—relentless discipline,high performance, and pushing past limits—end up destroying your…
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Why Struggling Through Disruption Is Optional - Dr. Khutso Madubanya
What do you do whenevery pillar of your life implodes all at once—moving across continents as asingle parent, losing your job in a freezing foreign climate…
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A Neuroscientist’s Battle with Anxiety & Gene Therapy Breakthroughs - Dr. Troy Rohn
Whathappens when a top neuroscientist with 30 years of brain research lives throughthe paralyzing reality of chronic anxiety—only to find that…
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Why "Cat Poster" Theology Fails in Corporate Burnout - Wanda Thibodeaux
Whathappens when you spend your days ghostwriting for top business leaders inForbes and Harvard Business Review, only to discover that underneath thecorporate…
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From $100K Debt to $2.5M Fitness Empire: The Community Strategy - Tim Beynon
Whatdoes it take to lose everything—your business, home, and savings—and rebuild a$2.5M in-person fitness empire that defies the modern industry's digital…
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The $700B Green Building Founder Who Realized It Wasn't Enough - David Gottfried
Whathappens when you spend 40 years building a $700 billion global movementspanning 85 countries—only to realize the planet is still degrading, yourmarriage…
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The Clinical Psychologist Who Quit Tech for Romance Writing - Christina Braver
Whatdo you do when you have a respectable career in social work and healthcaretechnology, but realize your true calling lies in crafting…
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Rebuilding After Total Collapse & Healing Financial Trauma - Mridula Agarwal
Whathappens when your thriving business collapses overnight, leaving you withmassive debt, a failing marriage, and an autism diagnosis for your child—allwhile…
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From Homeless at 14 to Apple Exec: Breaking Early Conditioning - Lauretta Zucchetti
Whatdoes it take to survive a childhood marked by neglect, hunger, and homelessnessin Italy, immigrate to the US as a young adult, and rise to become a…
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Stanford Attorney Speaks Out: 20 Years Disabled by Psychiatric Drugs - Ellen Lubensky
Whathappens when a Stanford-educated attorney, trained in medical malpractice anddisability law, spends two decades physically disabled from…
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Police Detective to Certified EOS Implementer: Fixing Corporate Chaos - Murray Smith
Whathappens when you leave a 15-year career as a police detective managinglife-or-death situations, only to step into corporate boardrooms plagued byexecutive…
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The Shattered "Perfect" Life & The Trap of Busy Happiness - Karen Peters
Whatdo you do when the carefully crafted veneer of your "perfect" lifeshatters overnight in a public news story—and your attempt to keep going onlytraps you in…
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The Bipolar Diagnosis That Sparked a Spiritual Awakening - Mara J. James
Whatif a life-altering mental health diagnosis isn't a permanent label orlimitation, but a wake-up call to heal deep-seated generational trauma? MaraJ. James…
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The Tech Leader Redefining Modern Fatherhood & Masculinity - Shaun Dawson
Whatdoes it actually take to raise boys into grounded, emotionally resilient men ina modern culture that constantly misdefines masculinity? ShaunDawson is a…
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Marine Corps Discipline to $100M Luxury Real Estate Broker - Shaun Guardanapo
Whatdoes it take to transition from the steady paycheck and structured chain ofcommand in the Marine Corps and law enforcement into the…
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Rewriting Trauma & Career Failure Through Strategic Writing - Venchele Saint Dic
Whatdo you do when your fast-paced career, doctoral studies, and communityleadership leave you completely exhausted—and your past setbacks feel like theyare…
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The Office Floor Collapse That Redefined High Performance - Rachael Edmondson-Clarke
Whatif pushing yourself to succeed is actually destroying your biological capacityto lead? RachaelEdmondson-Clarke is a leadershippsychology and human…
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Factory Floor to Global Operations: Escaping the Hero Leader Trap - Kathy Miller
Whathappens when a 50-year-old vehicle assembly plant closes down right in front ofyour eyes, leaving hundreds of workers in tears—and changing how you…
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Why Smart ADHD Kids Fall Apart (And How to Fix Executive Functioning) - Dr. Norrine Russell
Whatif your bright, capable child isn't failing school because of laziness or alack of motivation, but because their brain simply lacks the underlyingexecutive…
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Overcoming Childhood Trauma to Build Unshakeable Inner Peace - Kate Heartsong
Whatif the secret to navigating global chaos and healing systemic dysfunctionbegins with the person staring back at you in the mirror? KateHeartsong is an…
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Why Your Closet Is Ruining Your Mindset & Confidence - Marisol Colette
What if the clothessitting in your closet right now are silently reinforcing old insecurities andholding you back from stepping into your true potential?…
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From Homeless in My Car to Viral TikTok Movement - Bryan Blackmon
Whatdo you do when you leave everything behind to chase a massive dream, only tofind yourself completely homeless, sleeping in your car, and drowning in…
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The High Achiever Anxiety Trap Ruining Teen Growth - Dr. Carla Caturia
Whatif your child’s top-tier academic grades, varsity sports victories, andimpressive resume accolades are secretly masking deep, internal anxiety and…
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The Highly Paid CPA Who Handed Over Her Financial Power - Estelle Gibson
Whathappens when you spend 40 years managing millions for Fortune 500 companies—yetslowly slide into a hidden state of total financial dependency within your…
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Why High-Performing Women Lose Confidence Under Pressure - Carmen Wiesinger
Whatif your sudden lack of clarity during a high-stakes meeting or publicpresentation isn't a failure of your business strategy, but an overload insideyour…
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The $2 Million Trading Loss That Built a Stock-Market-Free Income System - Dr. Fred Rouse
Whatdoes it feel like to build a staggering $2 million trading fortune from scratchin your late twenties, only to watch every single dollar completely vanish…
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Why Talk Therapy Alone Fails to Heal Your Stored Somatic Trauma - Christina Simmons
Whatif your relentless drive to logically analyze, unpack, and talk through yourmental stress is the exact thing keeping your nervous system trapped in a…
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The Language Barrier Shock to High-Fashion Runway Hosting - Elena Mizernaya
Whatdoes it actually take to arrive in a foreign country with absolutely nonetwork, zero connections, and a complete language barrier—yet reverse engineeryour…
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Why Reclaiming Your Voice Beats Society’s Timelines - Kerry Damiano
Whathappens when you spend decades teaching absolute poise, flawless publicpresentation, and standard runway perfection—while quietly managing the messybackend…
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The Computer Science Professor Who Left Logic for Ministry - Yolonda Troupe Smith
What happens when yourentire life is anchored in logic, predictive systems, and computer code—yetyour personal world collapses into a chaotic storm of…
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Paying Payroll with a Credit Card to a 7-Figure Restaurant Exit - Andrew Lamppa
Whatdo you do when you buy a business in your twenties expecting to crush it, butinstead find yourself trapped in a high-stress money pit, managing…
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The Million-Dollar Office Collapse That Forced Total Personal Responsibility - Robert White
Robert White is a pioneering serial entrepreneur, transformational architect,and founder of training industry landmarks like Lifespring and ARC International…
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From Broadway Fall to Reclaiming My Sparkle and Brain Health - Suzanne Castle
Whathappens when your lifelong dream on a theater stage collapses after a traumaticphysical injury, and you are forced to navigate a severe domestic safety…
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Why Working to Death Is Not a Badge of Honor - Julia Rock
JuliaRock is a TEDx speaker, corporateculture consultant, and certified executive coach. After years of climbing thedemanding corporate ladder as a finance…